So as Martin and I were running around town shaking down the eMR2 the transmission went out.
There was a little jumpiness from the drivetrain creeping in earlier in the day but I figured it was due to the worn engine mounts. Just before drive was lost the jumpiness was particularly bad but sometimes you just have to let something break to figure out what’s wrong.
Drive was lost taking off from a stop with a little pop and a zizzing, as if a spline was stripped, yet the transmission shifted OK. None of the gears would work, simply producing the zizzing noise. It’s hard to believe the coupler failed but it’s certainly possible. The other possibilities include a stripped spline on the shafts or a catastrophic failure of the final drive.
So instead of videos of the car in action, I’ll have to entertain you with pictures of the transmission teardown when it happens in a week or two.
In other news, the bamboo/balsa frames for the velomobile came in and look beautiful but were built with the wrong thickness balsa core. Recovery options are being conjured up.
